Revival Circle

Ghazali’s Revival Circle: Explore "Breaking the Two Desires" with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Controlling our desires is key to changing our condition with Allah.  Allah Most High urges us,

“As for him who is in awe of his standing before his Lord, and forbids his self its willful folly; Verily the lush grove of Paradise shall be their refuge.” [Quran, 79:40-41]

Join us for our monthly Revival Circle with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani on Imam Ghazali's "Breaking the Two Desires" from his Reviving the Islamic Sciences (Ihya’ Ulum al-Din) in the monthly Reival Circle on Saturday Feb 10, 2024.


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About the text:

This seminar addresses the challenges of desire for food and sexual desires. Being able to control one’s desires is key to changing our condition with Allah, acquiring mindfulness of Allah (taqwa), and attaining closeness and love of Allah.

Learn practical strategies to navigate and transcend these fundamental desires, guided by the wisdom of Imam Ghazali.
Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the importance of controlling one’s desires (nafs) and lust (shahwa) in Islam.
  • Appreciate the consequence of controlling our desires in becoming a person of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah), and of those beloved to Allah.
  • Acquire a key toolkit from the Quran, the Sunna of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the scholarly wisdom of Imam Ghazali on how to control one’s desires.
  • Appreciate the virtue and benefits of having restraint, good habits, and following the Sunna of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).